Also, in addition to that, what kind of experience did you have whilst learning before you got your license?
I would rather jave a manual. The last two vehicles I bought were not available with a standard trsansmission.
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Always manual.
I prefer the controls to my car
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I learned on a manual, by choice, and primarily drove manuals for the first 25 years or so of driving, with all but one of my cars being a manual, and the one auto was a second car.
But today, I own 2 autos, and I prefer it that way. Why? Well, because my work van operated in heavy traffic a lot, and if you're going to be in heavy, stop-and-go traffic, an auto is far easier to deal with. And my car is a luxury car, not a sports car. When I drive it, I'm usually trying to relax a bit, enjoying my music and the scenery, and so I'm not racing or driving hard or things like that. As a bonus, if someone else needs to drive one of my vehicles, I don't have to worry that they won't know how.
I still drive manuals from time to time, but autos have gotten FAR better since the 90s, to the extent that nearly all modern cars are autos, with manuals being the rare exception, and usually more specialty cars than mainstream ones.
Automatic. I don't want to be bothered with shifting. I'm not 20 any more and don't get a thrill out of shifting gears and pretending that I have a zoom zoom car.
Standards shift used to be standard. Automatics were an expensive upgrade. Now it's the other way around. Almost all cars have automatics, and standard shift costs more. Automatics are considerably better than they used to be also.
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I prefer an automatic for my daily driver, back and forth to work, the store, etc. I prefer a manual for fun, though, and just the joy of driving.
I was driving tractors before I could actually reach the pedals. All of my first vehicles were stick shifts. Which I thought was the only way to go.
With the improvements made over the years on automatic transmissions. I can drive either and depending on the type of driving that I am doing. I sometimes prefer one over the other.
I have driven most things from lawn mowers to locomotives.
My “ current “ car doesn’t have a transmission! So funny to see carjackers unable to drive a stick!Manual and on the column. Got access to a Plymouth valiant where gears are on the column…good times 🎉
I would prefer a manual, but can’t justify the expense of the tiny handful of modern cars that are still made that way.
I learned to drive on a manual. At work I drive a manual my own vehicle is an automatic. Really it makes no difference to me.
Automatic. It's called progress. To me those people who choose manuals are silly. It's the equivalent of the telephone being invented and deciding you're going to stick with the telegraph... why?
I prefer manual. I learned on automatic though.
Manual. The thing I notice about Americans is they are always getting their transmission fixed, I'm guessing it's related to an automatic gearbox
Before I was even 16 I learned to drive a manual, but I prefer automatic. I'm lazy.
Automatic. Don't have to worry about nothing.
Double-clutch paddle shifter.
I prefer a manual transmission.
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